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The Pros And Cons Of Saskatchewan Government's Budget Cuts

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As Saskatchewan goes into a more detrimental deficit, the provincial government is starting to look for possible ways to regulate this shortfall. Alongside of raising taxes and other expenses, Premier Brad Wall has decided to make budget cuts to the education sector. Although it may benefit the province, plenty of students and teachers will have to suffer for it to do so. Teacher’s spend their own money when it comes to classroom supplies, and put more effort in their job than most other professions. By Saskatchewan’s government cutting the budget for education, there will be a shortage of job opportunities for recent graduates, a lower graduation rate for students, and an unsustainable wage for teachers. In high school, students are told …show more content…

This brings up plenty of problems, especially when there is only one opinion going into making crucial decisions. One of the decisions the government decided to make is to not pay outrageous salaries anymore (O’Connor). The problem with this is that teachers make nothing near outrageous salaries. By cutting salaries of teachers and people above them, there will be less incentive to work. Not only do they not get paid nearly enough for what they do, but they have to buy their own classroom supplies as well. It is not easy living off a teacher’s salary. With the salary cuts, and the pressure to purchase their own classroom supplies, teachers will be unable to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. This is all due to the government's irresponsibility. Instead of cutting salaries, the government should focus on increasing them. Forget the funding for things that are not necessary, such as the new stadium and by-pass. The province could have gone without those expenses while in a deficit, but since the government decided to dig Saskatchewan in a deeper debt with the new stadium and by-pass, the education system is forced to suffer. At this point, the government needs to be wiser about how they spend their money, and realize how much teachers are really

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